The Neanderthal in You

Rocky Mountain Expedition

Grades 4-6
Travel back in time and explore the dinosaurs of Colorado, the incredible Ice Age of the Rockies, and the way our ecosystems have changed over time.

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Life After the Dodo: Discovering Mauritius

Museum anthropologist Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh will share remarkable images, stories, and insights from the tiny island-nation of Mauritius—a place with incredible language, cultural, and religious diversity.

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June 11, 2010
What does it mean to be human? Philosophers, theologians, and scientists have pondered this question for thousands of years. For most of that time we've thought our species was unique. In this Science Bite, Museum scientist Steve Nash explains that our closest human ancestors, the Neanderthals, might be more related to us than we previously thought.